Jean Brody is the Director of the Online Graduate Program in Arts Administration at Drexel University. Prior to her current position, she was the Director of the Graduate Program in Arts Administration at Goucher College for six years, where she built a national faculty and led the program through curricular review and strategic planning. She is on the Board of Directors and serves as Treasurer for the Association of Arts Administration Educators.
Brody has more than 25 years’ experience in education and the arts, and has worked in a variety of roles with Philadelphia arts organizations including the Philadelphia Theatre Caravan, Hedgerow Theatre, Point Breeze Performing Arts Center, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Relâche, Inc., and more. She continues to consult with area nonprofit arts organizations.
Brody resides with her family in Narberth, PA, and is active in fundraising with her synagogue, Congregation Mishkan Shalom.
She holds D.F.A. (1991) and M.F.A. (1983) degrees in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the Yale School of Drama, and a B.A. (1979) in Literature from Yale College.